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1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash

1998 CE · Peru, South America · Disaster

1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash
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The 1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash occurred on May 5, 1998 a Boeing 737-200, leased from the Fuerza Aérea del Perú and servicing a charter flight for Occidental Petroleum, crashed in rainy weather while on approach to Andoas, a town in Peru close to the border with Ecuador, killing 75 people on board; eleven passengers and two crew members survived.

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